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. 2020 Oct 30;17(21):7974. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17217974

Table 2.

Differences in the rates of high worry toward COVID-19 and high general anxiety according to demographic characteristics and resources and support.

Worry about COVID-19 General Anxiety
Low Worry N (%) High Worry N (%) p Low AnxietyN (%) High AnxietyN (%) p
Sex
Female 609 (46.7) 696 (53.3) 0.039 718 (55.0) 587 (45.0) 0.047
Male 343 (51.6) 322 (48.4) 397 (59.7) 268 (40.3)
Education level
Low 105 (48.1) 113 (51.8) 0.960 115 (52.8) 103 (47.2) 0.224
High 847 (48.3) 905 (51.7) 1000 (57.1) 752 (42.9)
Occupation
Non-health care worker 644 (48.6) 680 (51.4) 0.688 742 (56.0) 582 (44.0) 0.475
Health care worker 308 (47.7) 338 (52.3) 373 (57.7) 273 (42.3)
Personal protective equipment
Sufficient 728 (50.7) 709 (49.3) 0.001 867 (60.3) 570 (39.7) <0.001
Insufficient 224 (42.0) 309 (58.0) 248 (46.5) 285 (53.5)
Financial resource
Sufficient 737 (50.3) 727 (49.7) 0.002 898 (54.6) 566 (34.4) <0.001
Insufficient 215 (42.5) 291 (57.5) 217 (42.9) 289 (57.1)
Medical resources
Sufficient 797 (51.6) 748 (48.4) <0.001 938 (60.7) 607 (39.3) <0.001
Insufficient 155 (36.5) 270 (63.5) 177 (41.6) 248 (58.4)
Mental health resources
Sufficient 813 (52.1) 746 (47.9) <0.001 990 (63.5) 569 (36.5) <0.001
Insufficient 139 (33.8) 272 (66.2) 125 (30.4) 286 (69.6)
Self-confidence in responding to COVID-19
Low self-confidence 375 (36.8) 577 (60.7) <0.001 476 (46.7) 543 (53.3) <0.001
High self-confidence 644 (63.2) 374 (39.3) 639 (67.2) 312 (32.8)
Perceived confidence of regional government in coping with COVID-19
Low perceived confidence 421 (40.1) 628 (59.9) <0.001 517 (49.3) 532 (50.7) <0.001
High perceived confidence 531 (57.57) 390 (42.3) 598 (64.9) 323 (35.1)